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IRL: KV Racing lay down 18 people

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Khatir Soltani
KV Racing has announced it signed Mario Moraes for the 2009 season.

It appears that it will probably be the only car that the team will put on the starting grid for the 2009 IndyCar season

Team co-owner Jimmy Vasser admits that lack of sponsorship will force the team to scale down its operation to a one-car effort.

"The bottom line is that we had to lay off 18 people and as of right now we're just running one car in the Indy Racing League," Vasser told speedtv.com.

At the present time, Newman/Haas/Lanigan has only one car for Graham Rahal. Rahal Letterman Racing cannot afford to run a full season.

Conquest and Dale Coyne Racing have yet to announce any drivers for 2009.

Anyhow, front-runners Andretti Green (four cars), Penske and Ganassi (two cars each) are certain to return.

The new 3G team, Panther Racing, AJ Foyt, Dreyer & Reinbold, HVM and Vision Racing have all committed to one car programmes, with additional entries from the latter three teams still possible.
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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